Freightweek news update Week 05, 2018

FRANKFURT am MAIN: January 31, 2018. Schenker Deutschland AG is official partner of Team Germany at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea from February 09-25, 2018. Read more: WinterOlympics.pdf

DUBAI: January 31, 2018. DP World has adopted Oracle Cloud Applications (SaaS) as part of a program to drive digital transformation across its business operations worldwide. Read more:Dubai_Oracle.pdf

HAMBURG: January 30, 2018. Hapag-Lloyd is recycling seven containerships currently, each with a capacity of 4,101 TEU, in Turkey and China. The shipyards are equipped and certified to recycle ships in an environmental manner. Read more:recycling.pdf

PARIS: January 30, 2018. Already established in Norway, Bolloré Logistics has now acquired a majority stake in the Danish freight forwarder Global Solutions to further expand its presence in the Scandinavian market. Read more: Global_Solutions.pdf

HOUSTON, TX: January 30, 2018. The Port of Houston handled a record 2.46 million TEU in 2017 following the previous year's record of 2.18 million. Read more: Another_record.pdf